UK protesters tip statue of slave trader into Bristol Harbour | ABC News

British anti-racism demonstrators have toppled the statue of a prominent seventeeth century slave trader, and dumped it in the river, reigniting debate about whether other historic reminders of Britain’s role in the trade should be removed.

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